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What Causes Throat Cancer?

Hi, my dad is suffering from a very bad throat he has been suffering from this for 6 weeks and has gotten worst. He smokes 40 cigs a day. He went for an apt with doc today they have sent him for xray will that show up cancer if he has it and I have read all the symptoms about throat cancer and he has 2 or 3 of them
Thu, 16 Apr 2015
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Hi, dear
I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern. Cigarette smoking is a cause of upper respiratory tract cancer. He may have cancer or some other pathology. He should go for ct scan of thorax. It will give you exact diagnosis about cause.Then he should take treatment accordingly.
Hope I have answered your question, if you have doubt then I will be happy to answer. Thanks for using health care magic. Wish you a very good health.
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What Causes Throat Cancer?

Hi, dear I have gone through your question. I can understand your concern. Cigarette smoking is a cause of upper respiratory tract cancer. He may have cancer or some other pathology. He should go for ct scan of thorax. It will give you exact diagnosis about cause.Then he should take treatment accordingly. Hope I have answered your question, if you have doubt then I will be happy to answer. Thanks for using health care magic. Wish you a very good health.